SOC 1001 Lecture : SociologyAugust27.docx
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Professor bronson will take attendance 10 random times a semester and you will be graded on that. Sociology is the systematic and scientific study of social life, social change and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of institutions, groups, organizations and how people interact within these contexts. Pure- knowledge for the sake of knowing. Applied- knowledge that can be used to impose a social problem of interest. Even an absence of a pattern conveys info. Sociologists use a range of research techniques to identify and analyze patterns and trends in society. Sociological imagination, the book used in the course, was written by c. wright mills (1916-1962). Sociological imagination is the capacity to think systematically and critically of the world around you, to see how the world influences you and others and how you and others influence the world. Our biographies or individual experiences intersect with history and society, or social issues.